BASF's Arnprior site manufactures nylon 6 polymer and BCF products. Since 1966, millions of pounds of post-industrial and post-consumer nylon 6 waste has been depolymerized back to caprolactam. The recovered caprolactam ...

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Research Committee on Industrial and Municipal Waste in conjunction with the Georgia Institute of Technology, carpet industry groups, and other interested parties has recently ...

CARE is now up and running. The key to the success for carpet recycling will be the creation of products and markets that are cost competitive. This talk will provide a review of CARE efforts to support the development of ...

This presentation provides an update on CARE, including Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), overall progress, and committees and their activities. Efforts to support research, development, and commercialization will be ...

The use of carpet in cement kilns is a potential mechanism to build infrastructure for carpet recycling at a large scale. This presentation describes trials that were done at the EPA test kiln at Research Triangle Park. ...

This paper discusses the role of coal fly ash as a high performance mineral filler for use in carpet backing that has the potential to provide significant improvements in environmental sustainability in the carpet industry, ...

Over 2 million tons of post-consumer carpet is landfilled each year. This waste carpet is a potential resource for composites. This paper focuses on the processing and properties of nylon 6 post-consumer carpet. The carpet ...

Compounds containing crumb tire rubber and 40-60% carpet scrap have been developed. They can be cured with peroxides in compression molding process to produce thermoset plastic products of varying flexibility, such as roof ...

This talk describes the latest underwater pelletizing technology in comparison with the more traditional strand pelletizing and water slide systems. Effects of the spherical shape of the underwater cut pellet verses the ...

Data was collected from carpet manufacturers and suppliers, reclaimable materials handlers and recyclers, and federal and local government agencies to quantify current material usage for carpet manufacturing, post-industrial ...

The total fiber consumption in Japan is 2,317,000 tons per year, and 2,076,000 tons of fiber waste is abandoned each year. This talk summarizes the consumption, generation, and recycling of fibrous waste in Japan. As the ...

Conference program from the Eighth Annual Conference on Recycling of Fibrous Textile and Carpet Waste held at the North West Georgia Trade & Convention Center, Dalton, GA, May 12-13, 2003. Additional material: title page ...

While keeping or enhancing the backing properties, Freudenberg has focused on using post consumer and post industrial recycled plastics as raw materials in carpet backing, and on eliminating polymers other than polyester ...

This presentation covers the following topics: Tips for effective recovery of scrap--a Checklist of important factors to consider; Latest breakthroughs for recovery of industrial fiber, nonwoven and carpet scrap; Recommended ...

The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System is rapidly becoming the standard and benchmark for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. This presentation offers an ...

With the growing trend of using reclaimed synthetic fiber waste in the manufacturing of carpet fibers, manufacturers are recognizing the importance of effective filtration in their polymer extrusion processes. Selecting ...

The number of plastics recycling businesses has tripled since 1990, with more than 1,700 businesses handling and reclaiming post-consumer plastics. Through their support of economically and environmentally responsible and ...